Appendix B: Setting up ODK Collect for data collection

This section is for all five Samsung SM-T230 devices provided after they have all been setup with a Google account and ODK Collect v1.25 installed.

B.0.1 Open ODK Collect

Go to the ODK Collect application and then tap on it (Figure B.1 (a)). The ODK Collect app menu will then be seen (Figure B.1 (b)).

The ODK Collect app
(a) ODK Collect app
The ODK Collect app menu
(b) ODK Collect menu
Figure B.1: ODK Collect app

B.0.2 Reset ODK Collect

  1. Go to Admin Settings of ODK Collect (Figure B.2 (a)).

  2. Select Reset application… (Figure B.2 (b)) option.

  3. Tick the boxes for (Figure B.2 (c)):

  • All settings (internal settings, saved settings)

  • Saved forms (instances folder, instances database)

  • Blank forms (forms folder, forms database, itemsets database)

  • Form load cache (.cache folder)

The ODK Collect Admin Settings
(a) Admin settings
The ODK Collect reset application option
(b) Reset application
The ODK Collect reset options
(c) Select reset options
Figure B.2: ODK Collect reset application steps

B.0.3 Connect ODK Collect to the KoboToolbox server

  1. Go to General Settings of ODK Collect (Figure B.3 (a)).

  2. Select Server option (Figure B.3 (b)).

The ODK Collect General Settings
(a) General settings
The ODK Collect server settings
(b) Server settings
The ODK Collect server settings options
(c) Server settings options
Figure B.3: ODK Collect server settings menu
  1. Enter URL for the KoboToolbox server (Figure B.4 (a)). This should be set to https://kc-eu.kobotoolbox.org.

  2. Enter username for the KoboToolbox server account (Figure B.4 (b)). This should be set to ihtmbot.

  3. Enter password for the KoboToolbox server account (Figure B.4 (c)). Password will be provided separately on an email.

The ODK Collect server URL
(a) URL
The ODK Collect server username
(b) Username
The ODK Collect server password
(c) Password
Figure B.4: ODK Collect server settings

The ODK Collect server settings has now been set/updated (Figure B.5)

The ODK Collect server settings set/updated
Figure B.5: Server settings set/updated

B.0.4 Get blank forms

  1. In the main ODK Collect menu, select Get Blank Form (Figure B.6 (a)). ODK Collect will connect to the KoboToolbox server (Figure B.6 (b)).
Selecting get blank form option
(a) Get blank form option
Retrieving information on blank forms from server
(b) Connect to server for blank form information
Figure B.6: ODK Collect retrieving selected blank forms
  1. Select the blank forms to retrieve and tap Get Selected (Figure B.7 (a)). ODK Collect will retrieve the selected forms from the server (Figure B.7 (b)).
Selection of blank forms to retrieve
(a) Select blank forms
Retrieving selected forms from server
(b) Retrieving from server
Selected forms retrieved from server
(c) Retrieved from server
Figure B.7: ODK Collect retrieving selected blank forms

B.0.5 Filling blank forms

  1. In the main ODK Collect menu, select Fill Blank Form (Figure B.8).

  2. Select blank form to fill (Figure B.8 (b)).

Selecting fill blank form option
(a) Fill blank form option
Select blank form to fill
(b) Select blank form to fill
Figure B.8: ODK Collect filling selected blank form